Blind-awning



L. T SHAVER.

Blind-Awning.'

No. 228,784. Patented June 15,1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LUTHER T. SEAVER, OF MEDFQRD, MASSACHUSETTS.

BLIND-AWNING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,784, dated June 15, 1880.

' Application filed January 2, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUTHER T. SEAVER, of Medford, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Blind-Awnings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of devices whereby the ordinary window-blinds are so constructed that they can be converted into an awning in a moment, and at pleasure readjusted, so that they can be opened and closed to be used as blinds; and the invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of pivoted pintle-rods with the lower blind-hinges, as hereinafter more fully described and set forth.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view, showing blind-awnings constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 represents a similar view of my invention as a window-blind.

A represents a window-casing of usual construction, to which are hinged the blinds B B in a peculiar manner. To the upper ends of the blinds are secured the hinges G O, the upper ends of which are bent or curved outward and provided with a hole, which fits upon the curved hooks E of the hinges, so as to permit the bottom of the blinds to be pushed outward, as shown in Fig.1. To the blinds B B, near their lower ends, are secured the hinges R by means of a pivot or screw, G, which permits the said hinges R to turn in moving the blinds outward, the tube or socket H of the hinge R sliding outward upon the pivoted pintle-rods K, which turn upon the jointformed by thelower hook-support, L, of the hinge, and permits the bottom of the blinds B to be moved outward to form an awning, they being first secured together in position by a suitable fastener, N. The weighted catches P being raised up, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, the flaps R of the hinges are permitted to turn out of line with the blind-stiles, as shown. If the said blinds B are forced or pushed outward quickly, the tubes or sockets H slide outward and upward upon the pivoted pintlerods K. The extreme upper ends of the rods K are curved, as shown, so as to cause the sockets H to bind thereon and hold the blinds B in the desired position to serve as an awning, as illustrated in Fig. 1. Now, if the blinds be drawn inwardly at the bottom, the inclined lower ends of the flaps R of the hinges come in contact with the end of the catch P and raise the weighted or handle end, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the hinge-flap resumes its former position, the catch P falls down so as to confine the flap R between its projecting end and the projecting end of the plate or clip T, when the blinds may be opened or closed in the usual manner, as shown in Fig. 2.

Thus I am enabled to convert the ordinary window-blinds into awnings in a very cheap, simple, and expeditious manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a window-blind, B, having the curved hook-hinge O E, the pivoted pintle-rod K, pivoted hinge RH, catch P, and stop T, all constructed and arranged to operate as described, whereby the blind can be made to form an awning, as set forth.

2. In combination with a window-blind, B, the elongated pivoted pintle-rod K and pivoted hinge consisting of the flap R, having an inclined lower end and sliding tubular portion H, and hook-support L, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

LUTHER T. SEAVER.

Witnesses:

SYLvENUs WALKER, H. S. TALBOT. 

